A Palestinian boy plays in the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's January military offensive in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

A Palestinian boy plays in the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's January military offensive in Jebaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not.

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  1. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) attends a news conference after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, December 9, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
  2. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: An Israeli rescue worker wears a DuPont protective suit as she deploys outside a shopping mall during a training exercise simulating a chemical warfare terror attack in the mall's food court on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.

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